
Life Members
The granting of Life Membership is to honour employees, officials, volunteers, players, coaches, directors, or any other person who have displayed outstanding service to the Adelaide Football Club. The bestowing of Life Membership always remains at the unfettered discretion of the Adelaide Football Club Board of Directors.
Eligible Players are those who have rendered services for a period of not less than ten years and played one hundred AFL games for the Club or who has played a minimum of two hundred games for the Club.
1995
Chris McDermott
117 games, Inaugural Captain, Club Champion, All Australian, AFC Team of the Decade (Captain)
Profile....1996
Andrew Jarman
110 games, AFC Team of the Decade
Profile…..1996
Tony McGuinness
113 games, Club Captain, Club Champion, AFC Team of the Decade
Profile…1999
Mark Bickley
272 games, Club Captain, 2x Premiership Player, AFC Team of the Decade, Assistant Coach, Acting Senior Coach
Profile…1999
Nigel Smart
278 games, 2x Premiership Player, 3x All-Australian & AFC Team of the Decade
Profile…1999
Matthew Liptak
116 games, Club Champion, AFC Team of the Decade
Profile…1999
David Pittman
131 games, 2x Premiership Player, AFC Team of the Decade
Profile…1999
Simon Tregenza
106 games, AFC Team of the Decade
Profile…1999
Rod Jameson
153 games, Premiership Player, AFC Team of the Decade, President Past Players and Officials, Board Member
Profile…2000
Shaun Rehn
134 games, 2x Premiership Player, 2x All-Australian, Club Champion, AFC Team of the Decade
Profile…2000
Ben Hart
311 games, 4x All-Australian, 2x Premiership Player, 2x Club Champion, AFC Team of the Decade
Profile…
P2000
Bob Hammond AM,
Inaugural Club Chairman 1991-2000, AFC Hall of Fame, Australian Football Hall of Fame2000
Bob Campbell OAM
Inaugural Board Director, Club Chairman 2001-20032000
Bill Sanders AM
Inaugural Adelaide General Manager/CEO 1990-2001, Board Director 2002-2003, Club Chairman 2004-2008, AFC Hall of Fame2001
Mark Ricciuto
312 games, 8x All-Australian, 3x Club Champion, Brownlow Medalist 2003, 2x Premiership Player, Club Captain, AFC Hall of Fame, Board Member
Profile…2003
Max Basheer AM,
SANFL President, Inaugural (Interim) Board Chairman 1990, Australian Football Hall of Fame2003
Andrew McLeod
340 games, 5x All-Australian, 3x Club Champion, 2x Premiership Player, 2x Norm Smith Medalist, AFC Hall of Fame
Profile…2004
Tyson Edwards
321 games, 2x Premiership Player
Profile…2005
Simon Goodwin
275 games, 5x All-Australian, 3x Club Champion, 2x Premiership Player, Club Captain
Profile…2006
Di Bean
PA to CEO and Executive Administrator 1990-20062006
Rex Leahy
Club property steward 1990-20062007
Gary Goudge
Trainer 1990-91, Head Trainer 1993-20062007
Alan Sheppard
Board Member 2001-20132008
Matthew Robran
130 games, 2x Premiership Player, AFC Team of the Decade
Profile…2008
Nathan Bassett
210 games, All-Australian
Profile…2008
Ian Perrie
116 games
Profile…2008
Darren Jarman
121 games, 2x Premiership Player, All-Australian, AFC Team of the Decade
Profile…2008
Dr. Brian Sando OAM
Chief Medical Officer 1990-20072008
Tony Modra
118 games, 440 goals, 2x All Australian, Coleman Medalist, AFC Team of the Decade, AFC Hall of Fame
Profile…2009
Barrie Downs
Team Manager 1990-2015, AFL Coaches Association Lifetime Award, AFL Jack Titus Award2009
Trevor Jaques
Fitness Manager 1990-1996, Team Runner 1991-1993, Training Services Manager 1997-2006, Project Manager 2007-2009,
Administration 2010-20152009
Brett Burton
177 games, High Performance Manager 2017, Head of Football 2018-2019
Profile…2010
John Reid
Club Football Operations General Manager 1995-2009, Chairman Heritage Committee2010
Michael Doughty
231 games
Profile…2010
Robert Shirley
150 games
Profile…2010
Ken McGregor
152 games
Profile…2011
Graham Johncock
227 games, Indigenous All-Star
Profile…2011
Peter Hurley AO
Board Member & Director 2001-20142011
Robert Gerard AO
No. 1 Ticket Holder 1997-2000, Patron 2001-2011
John Sutton
Board Member & Director 2000-20142011
Andrew Payze
14 games, Inaugural Squad Member, Board Member 2001-20162011
Maria Ballestrin
Football Operations Coordinator 1990-20202011
Ann Pilkington
Football Operations Assistant 1990-20202011
Grant Rutherford
Chief Financial Officer 1991-2011, Financial and Special Projects Manager 2012-20152012
Ben Rutten
229 games, All-Australian
Profile...2012
Brent Reilly
203 games
Profile…2012
Steven Trigg
Membership/Communications Manager 1997-2001
CEO 2002-20142012
Kevin Whitford
Physiotherapist 1992-20172012
Steve McAvaney
Club Trainer 1990-20202012
Darryl Carter
Crows Supporter Group President 1991-20152013
Graham Cornes OAM
Inaugural Club Coach 1990-1994, Club Ambassador2013
,Vince Del Bono
Trainer 1992-2005, Head Trainer 2006-2014
Scott Thompson
269 games, 2x Club Champion, All-Australian
Profile…2015
Jason Porpylzia
130 games
Profile2015
Nathan van Berlo
205 games, Club Captain
Profile…2015
Richard Douglas
242 games, Club Champion
Profile…2015
Matthew Norris
Head Massage Therapist & Senior Sports Trainer 1994-2017
2016
David Mackay
213 games2016
John Condon OAM
Football Manager 1992-1998, Club Historian 2000-2016
Adrian Sutter
Inaugural (Interim) Board Member, Board Member 1991-1996, Inaugural Chairman Heritage Comittee 2014-2017, Vice-Chairman Crows Forever Foundation, Inaugural Chairman Hall of Fame Selection Committee2017
Taylor Walker
182 games, 408 goals, Club Captain2017
Dr Andrew Potter
Club Doctor & Senior Doctor 1997-20172018
Andy Otten
106 games
Profile…2018
Alan Stewart
Senior Recruitment Officer 2004-2017,
AFL Coaches Life-long Achievement Award2018
Rory Sloane
Club Champion, All Australian, Club Captain2018
Rob Reid
Club Recruiting Coordinator2019
Malcolm Blight
2x Premiership Coach
AFC Hall of Fame, AFL Hall of Fame/Legend2019
Bob Foord
Investment Committee 2008-11
Board Member and Director 2011-20172019
Daniel Talia
Club Champion, All Australian AFL Rising Star2019
Yvonne Livingston
Joined the Crows Supporter Group in 1999 and became Fundraising and Events Coordinator in 20002020
Rob Chapman
Board Member 2006-2007, Chairman of the Board 2008-20202020
Brodie Smith
183 games, All Australian2020
Neil Craig
Fitness Coach 1997-1999, Assistant Coach 2001-4, Senior Coach 2005-20112020
Terry Moore
Selector and Match Committee 1997-2003, player mentor, coterie host and member of Heritage Committee2020
Alan Trewartha
Club statistician 1991 –